Western Digital WD Elements 1 TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive Does this desktop external hard drive work with laptop?
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Yes, provided you use your laptop near an AC outlet; the external drive has its own wall-wart power supply. If you want an external drive that's as portable as your laptop, look at the many small portable hard drives that are designed to draw power from the laptop's USB port -- or in some cases, two USB ports for full-speed performance.
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I think so. I'm thinking about buying one myself. In the 4th picture displaying the hard drive it shows a laptop. So I'd say the answer to your question is yes. Take care.
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Western Digital Elements 1TB and 2TB Models both have the same specs:Performance SpecificationsRotational Speed 7,200 RPM (nominal)Seek TimesRead Seek Time 8.9 msSerial Transfer RateSerial Bus Transfer Rate (USB 2.0) 480 Mb/s (Max)
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Does anyone know what the rotational speed is? I can't find it in any of the spec listings.
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Does this work with a HD Tivo? I am thinking of getting one for my laptop and one for my Tivo. And do you always have to keep it plugged in? Thanks!
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I believe a Western Digital drive would work fine. I bought 2 of them for myself.
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I have an older Seagate External HD (1.5TB) and a few 3TB Western Digital HD. I have them hooked to my Window 7 desktop through the Anker USB 3.0 hub; so far I have no issues. When not accessing data on my external HD, the disks do spin down gracefully and go to "sleep"...so far I have not had any issues with this device...hope this helps...
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Yes. The T7910 is a conventional desktop PC and it accepts conventional 3.5 inch mechanical hard drives, up to 4 TB according to the Dell web site. The WD RE 2 TB is a conventional 3.5 inch mechanical hard drive. Both the Dell and the WD drive are SCSI III. I have had very good results with these WD RE drives. Having purchased and used a dozen or more over the years, only one has failed and WD replaced it under warranty.
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Nothing like a long link - Under wdc.com external drives faq.The Western Digital products listed below are Microsoft Certified (WHQL) under the Windows Vista Operating System. WD Passport Portable USB 2.0 (Black) (WXMSxxxxTx) Order/Model numbers US: WDXMS600TN, WDXMS800TN, WDXMS1000TN, WDXMS1200TN, WDXMS1600TN, WDXMS2500TN http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1457&p;_created=1154370312&p;_sid=g-6YQ7Si&p;_accessibility=0&p;_redirect=&p;_lva=&p;_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9NzEsNzEmcF9wcm9kcz0xOTUmcF9jYXRzPTEyMyZwX3B2PTEuMTk1JnBfY3Y9MS4xMjMmcF9zZWFyY2hfdHlwZT1hbnN3ZXJzLnNlYXJjaF9mbmwmcF9wYWdlPTE*&p;_li=&p;_topview=1 Nothing like a long link - Under wdc.com external drives faq.The Western Digital products listed below are Microsoft Certified (WHQL) under the Windows Vista Operating System. WD Passport Portable USB 2.0 (Black) (WXMSxxxxTx) Order/Model numbers US: WDXMS600TN, WDXMS800TN, WDXMS1000TN, WDXMS1200TN, WDXMS1600TN, WDXMS2500TN http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1457&p;_created=1154370312&p;_sid=g-6YQ7Si&p;_accessibility=0&p;_redirect=&p;_lva=&p;_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd... » Read More Nothing like a long link - Under wdc.com external drives faq.The Western Digital products listed below are Microsoft Certified (WHQL) under the Windows Vista Operating System. WD Passport Portable USB 2.0 (Black) (WXMSxxxxTx) Order/Model numbers US: WDXMS600TN, WDXMS800TN, WDXMS1000TN, WDXMS1200TN, WDXMS1600TN, WDXMS2500TN http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1457&p;_created=1154370312&p;_sid=g-6YQ7Si&p;_accessibility=0&p;_redirect=&p;_lva=&p;_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9NzEsNzEmcF9wcm9kcz0xOTUmcF9jYXRzPTEyMyZwX3B2PTEuMTk1JnBfY3Y9MS4xMjMmcF9zZWFyY2hfdHlwZT1hbnN3ZXJzLnNlYXJjaF9mbmwmcF9wYWdlPTE*&p;_li=&p;_topview=1 « Show Less
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My opinion only - the Western Digital drive has requires a SATA II interface to operate, which is not, from what I can find, provided by a Nextbook tablet. Have not used any tablet computers, but have used the SATA Western Digital in notebook computers successfully.
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No. This is a sata hard drive for desktop computers. You need a hard drive made for laptops.These drives are smaller and above all flatter.
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It has a laptop/notebook data/power interface. I don't think this form factor can be interfaced with a desktop pc unless you are an electrical engineer and can create an adapter to work in a desktop. This is a laptop kind of drive. Just look at the size of the unit.
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Yes, this should work. My lenovo laptop has displayport and the other end goes to back of tv to hdmi port, so as long as your external harddrive has display port, it should work.
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Well yes or a maybe because I use it on my Gateway Laptop and I have a Gateway PC so well it depends on the external drive. Beside it worked very well.
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I've never heard of any external hard drive NOT working on a PC... You might have to reformat, but HDs labeled for Macs should work in PCs (but NOT the other way around!).
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There are two types of hard drives, only the desk top are bigger and laptop smaller, if your hard drive is small it will fit and work properly. You just need to re install the OS and all the programs for the computer to work 100%.
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It does not ship with any hard drive. There is documentation about drives that are supported on the net gear website. I put a 500GB western digital first time and it worked perfectly.
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the Seagate is a SATA6GB/S and your Western Digital wd2500aajs 75b4ao is a SATA3GB/S which is slower data transfer rate. It will work, as I am using mine on SATA3GB/S port and the Seagate is backward compatible I checked with Seagate before I purchased my drive. Hopes this helps.
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Iomega Prestige 1 TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive 34275 Has worked fine so far (a couple of months).
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I'm not sure, I am currently using the external hard drive with Windows Vista and Windows 8 and it works fine. I actually the portability since it don't need a power source except the one it's coming from when is connected to your device. I think it will work as soon as you plug it in. But the box does bring instructions on how to use it for both domains
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I have not tied that specific drive but used Western Digital 500 gb, Acomdata 120 gb and some USB thumb drives. Everything worked fine. I think as long as the hard drive can be connected via USB 2.0 it should work.